Holder for telephone-receivers



(No Model.)

B. DENT. HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

Patented Jan. 19,1892v INVENTOH flail-Md 9M WITNESSES."

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,160, dated January19, 1892. Application filed April 13,1891. Serial No. 388,714. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD DENT, a cit-izen of Great Britain, residingat the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders forTelephone-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful holder for telephones; and itconsists in connecting with the telephone-transmittera support or holderfor the telephone-receiver, which may be raised or lowered, so as to outoff or let on the electric current and be held in position by means ofteeth or cogs on a plate connected to said telephone-transmitter, whichengage with teeth or cogs upon the telephone-holder, and which may bedetached by lateral pressure on the outer end of the holder, ashereinafter more fully described.

The object of the invention is to avoid the necessity of pulling out aspring in detaching the connection between the telephone-holder and thetoothed plate and enabling the user to disconnect by slight pressureeither upon the telephonemeceiver or upon the arm or holder whichsupports it. This object I accomplish by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing the telephone-holder let down in position to cut offthe current. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of a.telephone, showing thetelephone-holder in the same position as in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 shows thetelephone-holder with the telephone-receiver therein detached, showingan edge view of the holder and its connection 4 with its support andalso showing an edge view of the rod which attaches the telephoneholderto the telephone-receiver box.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the front plate or cover of the telephone-transmitter.

B shows a plate attached to the telephonetransmitter box and providedwith teeth, (shown by D.)

O is a rod extending around the telephonetransmitter box and attachedthereto by suitable nuts. The rod 0 is in the form of a staple bent atright angles and passes through lugs on the plate B. The position of theconnectingrod C, surrounding the telephonetransmitter box, is shown inFig. 2.

E is an arm rigidly attached to the plate B and forms a support for thetelephone-supporting lever F. The telephone-supporting lever F ispivoted intermediate its extremities to the stationary arm E, and theinner extremity of the lever F is provided with teeth D, which engagewith the teeth D on the plate. The position of the engagement is shownby D D in Fig. The lever F is adapted to have a lateral motion, turningon the pivot which connects it with the stationary arm E. This is alsoshown in Fig. 2.

G is a spring, one end of which surrounds or engages with thesupporting-lever F, as shown at G, and which is connected to the arm Eby means of the pivot, which pivot is shown by T, said spring G havingthe function of holding the teeth D and D in operative contact, exceptwhen the same are dis engaged by pressure, as above described.

In order to prevent the swinging of the lever F out of engagement withthe teeth, a stop may be provided which will limit the movement of saidlever to a position within the arc of the circle covered by the teeth.This stop I have shown by E.

G" G" are lugs or projections upon the lever F, which come in contactwith the stop E.

I represents the electric cut oif or switcharm, which is connected bymeans of a cord to the lever F.

J represents the telephone-receiver held in the loop or jaws K.

The telephone-holder is placed at such a position that it will have aconsiderable vertical swing, so that the operator, by raising thetelephone-receiver and with it the arm, connects the electric currentand at the same time places the receiver in such position that theoperator can readily receive the message, the same being held in thatposition bymeans of theengagement of the teeth D and D, as abovedescribed.

In order to lower the holder, the operator exerts a lateral pressureupon the outer end of the lever F, disengaging the teeth D and D andlowering the receiver into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the cordH drawingdown the switch-arm I and cutting off the current.

In the drawings I have shown several parts of a telephone which are notlettered or described; but these parts are well known and do not diflferfrom those in ordinary use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a telephone, the co1nbination,with the transmitter-box and theswitch-arm, of an arm E and a ratchet-plate D, both secured to thetransmitter-box, the verticallyswinging and laterally-movablereceiver-holding lever F, pivoted between its extremities to the saidarm and having its inner extremity provided with teeth which engage anddisengage the ratchet-plate by laterally swinging the lever, and aconnection between the switch-arm of the transmittenbox and the lever,substantially as described.

2. In a telephone, the combination, with the transmitter-box and theswitch-arm, of a ratchet-plate D and a projecting arm E, both attachedto the transmitter-box and the arm provided with a projecting stop E, avertically swinging and laterally movable receiver-holding lever F,pivoted between its extremities and having its inner extremity providedwith teeth which engage and disengage the ratchet-plate by laterallyswinging the lever, a connection between the switcharm of thetransmitter-box and the lever, and a pair of lugs G, arranged on thelever and co-operating with the stop on the projecting arm to limit themovement of the lever, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two witnesses.

RICHARD DENT. [n 5.]

Witnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, CLINTON L. DAYTON.

